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withershins
[ with-er-shinz ]
adverb
Chiefly Scot.
- in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster.
withershins
/ ˈwɪðər-; ˈwɪðəˌʃɪnz /
adverb
- in the direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun; anticlockwise
- in a direction contrary to the usual; in the wrong direction Compare deasil
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of withershins1
First recorded in 1505–15; from Middle Low German weddersin(ne)s, from Middle High German widdersinnes, equivalent to wider ( Old High German widar ) “opposite” ( with ) + sinnes, genitive of sin “way, course” (cognate with Old English īٳ ); send 1, -s 1; deasil ( def )
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of withershins1
C16: from Middle Low German weddersinnes, from Middle High German, literally: opposite course, from wider against + sinnes, genitive of sin course
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"Withershins" and "The Psychedelic Gedankenexperiment" will be on display through Sept.
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Having arrived at their rendezvous, they danced round it ‘withershins’—that is, in reverse of the apparent motion of the sun.
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Withershins, Widdershins, with′-, wid′ėr-shinz, adv.
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The dancers join hands and dance in a circle from west to east, in a contrary direction to the sun's movements—withershins as the Scots peasants have it.
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The world swayed round me and the green trees ran withershins about.
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